School-desk



L. H. MCKEE. y SCHOOL DESK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 17. IQIE. 1,355,404. Patented oct. 12,1920.

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By MMMQJM .I

Arron/'vins' 'L. H. McKEE.

SCHOOL DESK.

APPLICATION FILED Dsc. 17. 191s.

Patented oen 12,1920.

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mann/frs UNITED STA Louis-H. MCKEE, or TRENTON, New JERSEY.

l Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 12,

SCHOOL-DESK.

Application led December 17,-1918. Serial No. 267,116. l

To all 'whom t may concern v Bezit known that I, Louis H. MCKEn, acitizen of the United States, residing. at Trenton, in the countyrofMercer, State-of N ew Jersey. have invented anew and useful School-Desk,of which the following is a specification. Y

l/.lyinvention relates to a school desk having a service topwhich may beadjusted in various slanted positions, adjusted in height, and placednearer to or farther from a pupil. and provision is made for renderingthe ingress and egress of the pupil to and from the seat mostconvenient, the means employed and the operation thereof beinghereinafter set forth. p

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying-drawingbut'the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied. and so it isto be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificdetails shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit orscope of the claims.

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of a school desk embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a rear view thereof.

Fig. 3 represents a transverse section thereof on line 3 3 Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 represents a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 5 represents a vertical section of a portion thereof on an enlargedscale.

Fig. 6 represents a vertical section of a portion thereof at a rightangle to Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 represents a side elevation of a portion of the upper memberorsection of a side supporting standard of the desk top on the scale Fig.4.

Fig. 9 represents aI perspective view of another embodiment of theinvention.

Fig. 8 represents a side elevation of a portion of a lower member ofsaid standard on the scale Fig. 4.

SimilarV numerals of reference corresponding parts in the figures.V

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates the service top of a school or other desk, and 2 designatesside supporting standards of said top, they being formed of upper andlower members 3 and 4 respectively, said top being pivotally mounted asat 5 on the upper members 3 of said standards whereby as is evident saidtop may be placed at various inclinations or slants relative to therequirements of the pupil who is using the desk.

indicate In about the middle portions of the members 3 are thevertically extending slots 6, and below the same are the horizontallyeX- tending slots 7. 1 r

In the Ytop portion ofthe member. 4 is Vthe horizontally extending slots8', and below the same are the vertically extending slots 9. Passingthrough the slots 6 and 8'which are in register is the guiding andclamping bolt10.-

Passing through the slots: 7 Aand 9 which are inv register is the:guiding and clampingbolt 11, said bolts 11 and 10 having on theirthreaded ends suitable nuts 12 whereby the-contiguous members'3 and 4may=be tightly clampedtogether as one.

VIt willjbejseen that-when the bolts are loosened,the members 3 may beloweredorl raised so as to adjust the top 1 vertically to a heightrequired by the pupil of the desk, the bolts playing in the verticalslots of the members 3 and 4 to permit the said adjustment of said top.

Again owing to the horizontal slots, the upper members 3 may be movedtoward and from the pupil and so adjusted to the requirements of thelatter; and said members may be turned on the bolts 11 and also placedin further inclined or slanted positions, a form of which is shown indotted lines Fig. 5, thus adapting the top to be further adjusted vininclined or slanting positions, a'form of which is also shown in dottedlines in said Fig. 5.

After the desired vpositions are established` the bolts may be tightenedwhen the parts in question retain their adjustment.

It is evident that owing to the adjustments of parts as stated, the topmay be set to a proper slant, and height, as may be desired by a pupil.toV a proper and variable distance to and from the eye of a pupil, andto a proper angle with the line of vision of the pupil and provision ismade for the ingress and egress of the pupil to and from the seat of thedesk in an easy manner.

The opposite standards form a frame between which is placed thereceptacle 13 for books, slates. clothing. etc., the same being securedto proper portionsV of the frame in any suitable manner, it being openat the top and is most convenient of access.

In practice the standards are formed of suitable sheet metal struck upor stamped into shape, and the ears, 14 which receive the aXial pins orvrivets which comprise the axis of the; top l are integral With themembers 3 of said standards.

attached to the sidel of a chair thus providing aV single support forthe top of'a desk. lnjthis case said standard and sideof` theV chair areprovided With slotsand bolts permitting the operation of said standardand the adjustment of the desk top as hereinbeforestated, thisconstruction being serviceable for persons VWho are crippled in theirlower extremities.

Having thus describedv my invention What I Iclaim as new Vand desire tovsecure by Letil. A school desk having a service top, and a supportingstandard therefor, the latter being formed of separate sections withmeans adapting the standard to be adjusted inV vertical: and lhorizontal directions and held thereat and render said top adjustable insaid directions in accordance With said standard, said means permitting'of such adjustment Without Withdrawal of said means.

2. A school desk-having a'service topand azsupporting standard therefor,said standard bjeingf'formed of separate sections, and

means on said sections'permitting the-stand-Y ard to Abe adjusted invertical, horizontal A and angular directions Without Withdrawal In Fig.9, I show a standard such as 15 as of said means, thesaid top beingpivota-lly Vmounted on oneof the standard sections.

3.' A school desk having a service top and an adjustable supporting'standard Ytherefor formed of separate sections which arey providedrespectively with vertically Vand horizontally Vextending slots, andcomplementary clamping Yand guiding bolts adapted to occupy registeringslotsof contiguous sections.`

4. A school desk having a service top andvv an adjustable supportingstandard therefor formed of separate sections Which arevprovidedrespectively with verticallyA and hori-v zontally extending slots, andcomplementary clamping and guiding bolts on the separateY sections ofthe standard adapted to occupy registering slots of contiguoussections,.said top Vbeing, adaptedto be slantingly adjustable on saidstandard.

t Louis H. MCKEE.

Witnesses: Y A Y WM. C. lVrr'rE, GUY C.'v OLIPHANT.

